Carmilla

Name: Carmilla
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
ISBN: 9798318140716

Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrator: Jasmine Cole

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Diamond Zephyr Corporation

Published: 07/31/2025

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Gothic, Short Stories

Synopsis

Before Dracula, there was Carmilla — the original vampire novella that forever shaped the gothic horror genre.First published in 1872, Carmilla tells the eerie and sensual tale of a young woman named Laura, who lives in a remote Austrian castle with her father. When the mysterious and alluring Carmilla arrives after a carriage accident, Laura is instantly captivated by her strange guest — and slowly begins to fall under her spell. But as dreams turn to nightmares, and villagers begin to die, Laura uncovers a dark truth that challenges her sanity, her safety, and her soul.With its haunting atmosphere, psychological tension, and groundbreaking themes of female desire, Carmilla is a gothic masterpiece — and one of the earliest and most influential vampire stories in English literature. A must-listen for fans of dark fantasy, classic horror, and Victorian supernatural fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse on April 10, 2009

In many ways the antithesis of Dracula, and if Stoker's novel disappointed me with its clean-cut, heterosexual male-influenced dichotomies, than le Fanu's novella is the flipside of the coin: female-centric, homoerotic, ambiguous and enigmatic (and all in about a quarter of the length!). Here the va......more

Goodreads review by emma on August 24, 2024

A sapphic vampire story published decades before Dracula???? I love classics. This is beautifully written and gay and there's a vampire. Also it's like 100 pages long. What more could you want. Bottom line: And they say the perfect book doesn't exist.......more

Goodreads review by luchi on August 17, 2023

so what if she killed a few people? let women have hobbies......more

Goodreads review by persephone ☾ on February 08, 2022

So what if she’s the devil ? At least the devil has a job. At least she’s active in the community. What do you do ? 🙄 our original queer coded hot villain🙇‍♀️......more

Goodreads review by Meave on April 21, 2011

Poor Carmilla. I guess there are only so many isolated noblemen's daughters you can devour before they start talking.......more